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SAMUEL ARTHUR SHARP JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1947 – May 10, 1967
Service recordSamuel Arthur Sharp JR, of San Jose, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 86
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 86
- JAMES CALVIN RILEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- MARCELINO RIVERA-CRUZGunnery Sergeant · May 10, 1967
- ROBERT GARRY ROSSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS SANDERSCorporal · May 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HEINZ AHLMEYER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 77
- JAMES NEIL TYCZSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 88
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.